If you suffer from a physical or psychological disability, you are guaranteed access to reasonable accommodations in the workplace by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). This is essential to ensuring people with disabilities are able to maintain gainful employment and make the most of their professional skills. Here are five things you need to know about reasonable accommodations:
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PNC Bank has agreed to pay $12 million to settle a class action lawsuit by its mortgage loan officers arising from a series of alleged labor violations. Among these, the bank was accused of failing to account for loan officers’ breaks for their compensation, and that it improperly took deductions from their salary, causing them to make less than they were legally entitled to. While PNC argued that its compensation scheme was fair, it ultimately settled after losing on a partial motion for summary judgment.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced that a septuagenarian receptionist would be awarded $78,000 in a settlement over alleged age discrimination and disability discrimination. The woman was allegedly fired from her job after a brief hospitalization, despite no previous complaints about her job performance before or afterwards. This suit is a sign of how employers can harm older employees with their employment decisions, even against employees who are effective in their roles.
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An attorney who formerly worked for Panoramic Health has sued her ex-employer for alleged wrongful termination. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Colorado, alleges that Panoramic fired the assistant general counsel after complaining about compliance issues related to anti-kickback statutes. She is seeking damages for being fired without appropriate cause, and for retaliation by the company.
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Thanks to advances in technology and medicine, pregnant women are now able to work far longer into their pregnancy than they once were. However, that is often predicated on their employer helping to provide them the reasonable accommodations they need to perform their jobs, when many employers would rather not take on that amount of effort and expense. Here are five things you need to know about pregnancy discrimination:
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Workday Inc., a software company that produces programs for human resources and labor management purposes, is facing a class action lawsuit due to alleged bias in its artificial intelligence-powered software. The lawsuit claims that the company’s software illegally discriminates against people based on protected factors, such as race and disability status. Workday, meanwhile, has argued they should not be subjected to this lawsuit because they are not an employment firm, despite a ruling by the EEOC to the contrary.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized a broad ban on non- compete clauses in employment contracts throughout the United States. While many consider this to be a potential boon for workers, employers have pushed back, saying that non-compete agreements are essential for their businesses. The FTC is already facing potential litigation on the issue from employers angry about the new rule.
Tesla, the major car manufacturer, has been accused of a number of labor violations by its employees, and is facing a class action suit related to the laws it allegedly broke. These violations supposedly include instituting an illegal quota system, forcing employees to work through breaks, and failing to pay employees their wages. In total, the suit is asking for $5 million in damages to compensate employees for the various violations committed by the company.
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It is a sad fact that people with disabilities face discrimination in the workplace every day across the United States. Thankfully, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) makes this kind of conduct illegal, and allows victims of disability discrimination to seek compensation for the harm they have suffered. Here are seven ways you can identify if you have been the victim of disability discrimination:
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Governor Kathy Hochul of New York has vetoed a law that would have banned non-compete agreements throughout the state. If it had passed, the law would have had a substantial impact on labor law, and affected employees across potentially every industry with these sorts of agreements in their employment contract. However, because of the veto, non-compete agreements will remain in place, at least for now.
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